Vietnam Border Guard Command will help Laos build Border Guard Vocational School

(Baonghean.vn) -On the afternoon of August 9, in Vinh City, Lieutenant General Vo Trong Viet - Member of the Party Central Committee, Commander of the Border Guard, chaired a working session with the working delegation of the Border and Cartography Department, General Staff of the Lao People's Army, led by Colonel, Director Sy Phan-Phut-Tha-Vong. Also attending the working session were Major General Hoang Xuan Chien, Deputy Commander of the Border Guard, and representatives of agencies of the two forces of Vietnam and Laos.

At the working session, the delegation of the Border Guard Command, Ministry of National Defense of Vietnam and the delegation of the Border and Cartography Department - General Staff of the Lao People's Army discussed and agreed on the construction of a Border Guard Vocational School for the Border and Cartography Department - General Staff of the Lao People's Army. After specific consideration, at the working session, the two sides agreed on a number of related contents.

Overview of the working session.

The construction of the Lao Border Guard Vocational School is extremely necessary to train specialized forces to protect the border. The school will be built in Tha Pha Bat district, Bo Ly Kham Xay province with an area of ​​about 17 hectares. It is expected that the school will train about 150 students each year, and can also train border guards for the Lao People's Army each year.

Accordingly, the Vietnam Border Guard Command will assist the Border and Cartography Department - General Staff of the Lao People's Army in consulting on planning, design and construction. The Border and Cartography Department - General Staff of the Lao People's Army is responsible for completing land use procedures and building roads to the project area; Ensuring security for specialized forces during the project construction process...

Lieutenant General Vo Trong Viet, Commander of the Border Guard and Colonel Sy Phan-Phut - Tha-Vong exchanged the memorandum of understanding at the working session.



The two delegation leaders gave souvenirs.

The construction of the Border Guard Vocational School will be reported to the superiors of both sides for consideration and inclusion in the cooperation plan between the two countries' Ministries of Defense in the 2014-2016 period and for proposal for implementation.

Hung Phong